Deposit of plans with the Commissioner

Land Surveyors (2) Where the whereabouts of such owners or possessors are not known, the notice of the proposed survey shall be published in the Gazette or in a newspaper circulating in the district where the land is situated and a copy thereof shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the land at least two weeks before the day of the survey. (3) After giving notice as required by subsection (1) or (2) of this section, any surveyor and any person assisting such surveyor may, for the purpose of surveying any land which he is employed to survey, enter on and pass over any land, whether private or public, causing as little inconvenience to the owner or possessor of such land as is consistent with his duties. (4) Compensation shall be paid for any damage done to any land by reason of the exercise of the powers contained herein and any such compensation payable shall be subject to agreement between the surveyor and the aggrieved party or parties, Provided that, where such agreement is not possible, the Commissioner shall act as arbitrator and, in default of a settlement by such arbitration, compensation shall be finally determined by a magistrate having jurisdiction in the district in which the damage occurred, on the application of any person claiming to be entitled to the compensation. 16.-(1) Every licensed surveyor who executes any survey in accordance with this Act, or any regulations made there under, shall deposit with the Commissioner the original of the plan of such survey and the field notes and computations made by him following upon such survey, and all such plans so deposited in the Lands and Surveys Department shall become the property of the Government, Provided that in the case of lands not falling within a compulsory registration area under the Registered Land Act, Cap.194, a plan deposited with the Commissioner under subsection (1) of this section shall be kept carefully by the Land Surveyors 17 Commissioner together with a book containing an index of such plans showing the names of the alleged owner of the land as well as the name of the property, if any, specified in the plan. (2) No plan so deposited and authenticated in terms of section 18 of this Act, shall be altered or amended in any way without the permission of the Commissioner.